Charles Borremans (5 April 1769 – 17 July 1827), was a composer of operas, and a violinist and conductor at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in what was then France and later the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1804 to 1825. The composer Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens succeeded him as conductor of this opera house.
Borremans was born and died in Brussels. The Borremans family was related to the Artot family: his sister was married to Maurice Artot, father of the famous violinist Joseph-Alexander Artot.Borremans (Joseph), compositeur, organiste et chef dorchestre (in French) François-Joseph Fétis & Arthur Pougin, Biographie Universelle des Musiciens et de la musique bibliographie générale. Supplément et complément, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878
A Quatuor for the pianoforte harpsichord or with accompaniment of bass and two violones in F, of which a part is missing, is mentioned as number 476 in the inventory of the archives of the House of Arenberg at Edingen. Marie Conraz, Inventaire complet des archives musicales du Fonds pour le secteur privé de la famille d'Arenberg à Enghien, online complete inventory of the personal music collection of the House of Arenberg in their archives in Edingen, p. 10
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